Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis

J Laryngol Otol. 2005 Jan;119(1):64-7. doi: 10.1258/0022215053223003.

Abstract

Orbital cellulitis and abscess are known complications of ethmoiditis in children, but they are very rare in the newborn. The authors report a case of orbital abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a four-week-old neonate born four weeks prematurely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Cellulitis / microbiology*
  • Cellulitis / surgery
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / microbiology
  • Ethmoid Sinusitis / surgery
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Orbital Diseases / microbiology*
  • Orbital Diseases / surgery
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome